I’m retired spend most of my time in my workshop or doing maintenance on outbuildings on our rural property. I really like Dickies Duck Logger pants, but they seem to wear out quickly. I have three pairs that get worn almost constantly in rotation. The oldest pair is now just over two years old and is worn out - I’ve repaired the seam in the crotch once, but now the fabric either side of it is thread bare. My phone has worn trough the bottom of the right front pocket.
Are there similar pants that will last longer, or am I expecting too much?
I’m in Canada.
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Pants will wear out. I wear Carhardt washed twill pants every day. They hold up really well for heavy jobs, but won’t last forever. I have several pairs that are ratty and reserved for extra dirty work. At most, they last me 2 years before they look like hobo pants.
I don’t like the cut of dickies, and they aren’t as tough as the carhardt washed twills.
The washed twills are $35-50 US. Beyond these pants, everything else is a trade-off. Better pants, kuhl, 5.11, Deluth, heavy duty Carhardt Duck; all more expensive, some to a laughable extent.
Come join the Carhardt gang.
Just FYI, not all Dickies are created equally. They sell lower quality ones at places like Walmart. The material is thinner and the stitching uses thinner thread and a different stitch pattern.
I still wear some Dickies I bought 25 years ago.
Well - I’m surprised. Dickies Canada customer care team actually replied and confirmed that “Genuine Dickies” (the brand sold at Walmart) is not genuine Dickies - it’s a different brand and is lower quality.
I’m tempted to boycott them now for allowing their brand to be abused like that, but I said in my email to them that I’d try real Dickies if they confirmed there is a difference - so I will.